Gaash

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a mountain of Ephraim south of Timnath-Serah, 20 km ESE of Joppa
a region known as "The Brooks of Gaash"

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tempest; commotion

Google Maps: Gaash (32° 7´, 35° 9´)

Hebrew

Strongs #01608: veg Ga`ash

Gaash = "quaking"

1) a mountain of Ephraim where Joshua was buried

1608 Ga`ash ga'-ash

from 1607; a quaking; Gaash, a hill in Palestine:-Gaash.
see HEBREW for 01607

Gaash [EBD]

a shaking, a hill, on the north side of which Joshua was buried (Josh. 24:30; Judg. 2:9), in the territory of Ephraim. (See TIMNATH-SERAH »3664.)

Gaash [NAVE]

GAASH, a foothill of Mount Ephraim. Joshua's inheritance embraced, Josh. 24:30.
Joshua buried on the north side of, Josh. 24:30; Judg. 2:9.
Brooks of, 2 Sam. 23:30.

GAASH [SMITH]

(earthquake), a hill of Ephraim, where Joshua was buried. The brooks or valley of Gaash, (2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:32) were probably at the foot of the hill.

GAASH [ISBE]

GAASH - ga'-ash (ga`-ash): First mentioned in connection with the burial place of Joshua "in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north (side) of the mountain of Gaash" (Josh 24:30; compare Jdg 2:9); see TIMNATH-HERES. The "brooks," or rather the wadies or "watercourses" of Gaash are mentioned as the native place of Hiddai (2 Sam 23:30), or Hurai (1 Ch 11:32), one of David's heroes. No likely identification has been suggested.

See EPHRAIM, MOUNT.